The Duke of Edinburgh opens the Field of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey

The Duke of Edinburgh meets war veterans and serving soldiers as he officially
opens the Field of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey.

5:45PM GMT 08 Nov 2012

Philip was invited to lay a cross of remembrance in front of two wooden crosses from the graves of unknown British soldiers from the First and Second World Wars.

The Last Post was sounded by two trumpeters of the Household Cavalry before Sara Jones, the president of the British Legion Poppy Factory who lost her husband Lieutenant Colonel Herbert 'H' Jones in the Falklands War, read the Ode of Remembrance, followed by a two minute silence.

The Duke then spoke to war veterans, members of the British Legion and current servicemen, including Lance Corporal Watchman V, the Staffordshire bull terrier mascot for the Staffordshire Regiment Association.

The first Field of Remembrance appeared in the grounds of Westminster Abbey in November 1928.